| abstract |
A hepatic lipid metabolism accelerating agent or hepatic lipid metabolism accelerating health food that is effective in acceleration of hepatic lipid metabolism and thus amelioration to or prevention of, for example, life-style related diseases associated with hepatic lipid metabolism abnormality. In particular, a hepatic lipid metabolism accelerating agent or hepatic lipid metabolism accelerating health food, comprising as an effective ingredient a mixture of hydrophilic peptide wherein 30 to 70 wt.% of the constituent amino acids consist of acidic amino acids. There is further provided a process for producing a peptide mixture, characterized by decomposing a protein with the use of at least one type of protease and treating the decomposition product by means of a hydrophobic resin. |